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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Economic Life and Industries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom did the Gikuyu buy land when they moved southward?
(a) The pygmies.
(b) The Ndorobo.
(c) The Watusi.
(d) The Masai.

2. In what year was the big land case brought before the Supreme Court in Nairobi?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1923.

3. During what years did the Hilton Young Commission on land tenure take place?
(a) 1930-31.
(b) 1927-28.
(c) 1928-29.
(d) 1931-33.

4. In what year was Kenyatta delegated to present the Gikuyu point of view with regard to land matters to the Secretary of State for the Colonies?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1924.

5. What was the name of the second Royal Commission on land tenure?
(a) Joint Committee on the Closer Union of East Africa.
(b) British-Gikuyu Royal Commission.
(c) Nairobi Royal Commission.
(d) Royal Committee of Kenya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the resting place of the Divider of the Universe, the creator of the Gikuyu tribe?

2. How long does it take to build a Gikuyu hut?

3. In the prophesy of the Gikuyu medicine man, what was the color of the bodies of the men who were to come out of the big water?

4. What united people in Africa against Western influence, above all against Great Britain and the United States?

5. Which animals are the most valuable to the Gikuyus?

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